Undergraduate Researchers Receive Research and Creativity Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 9, 2019) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research recently recognized and awarded 19 students with the Oswald Research and Creativity awards.
The Oswald Research and Creativity Competition was established in 1964 by then President John Oswald as part of the university’s Centennial Celebration. The program is intended to promote creativity in all fields of study and provides annual awards in seven categories. The competition accepts reports, of all forms of creativity, and scholarship by undergraduate students.
Categories include Biological Sciences; Design, including architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design; Fine Arts, including film, music, photography, painting, and sculpture; Humanities, from creative and critical-research approaches; Physical and Engineering Sciences; and Social Sciences. All submissions are sent anonymously to faculty reviewers in related fields and are judged based on a rubric.
Awards in each category are: First Place: $350; Second Place: $200; and Honorable Mention, if applicable. Entries are judged on originality, clarity of expression, scholarly or artistic contribution, and the validity, scope and depth of the project or investigation.
This year's Oswald student award winners are:
Biological Sciences
Claire Scott, First Place
- Mentor: Jeremiah Smith
- Effects of SUV39H1 and SUV420H1/H2 on Programmed Genome Rearrangement in Petromyzon marinus
Lydia Pack, Second Place
- Mentor: Emily Croteau
- A Not-So Beautiful Mind: A Review of the Genetics of Schizophrenia
Design
Emily Andreasson, First Place
- Mentor: Lindsey Fay
- Remembering Wonder
Grace Butler, Second Place
- Mentor: Brent Sturlaugson
- WonderEdge
Fine Arts
Hannah Johnston, First Place
- Mentor: Julie Hobbs
- Translation in Color, Tone, and Form
Katelyn Cox, Second Place
- Mentor: Susie Thiel
- "Differentiate": Using Dance to Explore Analogies Between the Life Sciences and Philosophy
Meredith Coffey, Honorable Mention
- Mentor: Crystal Gregory
- Microfibers Are Not Delicious
Humanities: Creative
Alexis Hogsten, First Place
- Mentor: Julia Johnson
- I Hide My Skin For Society's Purpose
Lindsey Smart, Second Place
- Mentor: Julia Johnson
- In our two orbits
Lauren Myfelt, Honorable Mention
- Mentor: Julia Johnson
- Salmon Run
Humanities: Critical Research
Hannah Thomas, First Place
- Mentor: Rebecca Yarrison
- Who’s Running (in) the Show? : Exploring the Ethics of Transgender Athletics
Sydney Mullins, Second Place
- Mentor: Miriam Kienle
- A Portrait of Myself: Gaze Through the Eyes of Florine Stettheimer
Daniela Gamez Salgado, Honorable Mention
- Mentor: Ruth Brown
- The History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019
Physical & Engineering Sciences
Binit Singh, First Place
- Mentor: Nelson Akafuah
- Spatial Positioning and Operating Parameters of a Rotary Bell Sprayer: 3D Mapping of Droplet Size Distributions
Tom Shelton, Second Place
- Mentor: Chris Crawford
- Simulating particle interaction in silicon detectors for the Nab experiment
Rosemary Alden, Honorable Mention
- Mentor: Dan Ionel
- Smart Plug and Circuit Breaker Technologies for Residencies
Social Sciences
Daniela Gamez Salgado, First Place
- Mentor: Ruth Brown
- The History of Latino Students at the University of Kentucky, 1865-2019
Jenna Jodts, Second Place
- Mentor: Elizabeth Lorch
- Comprehension Self-efficacy and Understanding of Goal Structure in Children with ADHD Following a Narrative Structure Intervention
Hannah Thomas, Honorable Mention
- Mentor: Katherine Rogers-Carpenter
- The Social Determinants of Health: A Path to Better Care in the Emergency Department
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